DP wrote:Buying the Vita version doesn't give you DLHD free. It's buying the PS3 version that does that. At least that's what they've said. Not sure if it works the other way.

And dead-ish means that you can be searching for a game for a few minutes sometimes. It's actually pretty active if you know when to search for matches, and will be more so now that the Vita version's out and that they've confirmed more free DLC.

Edit: I merged this with the R&C General, btw.

Thanks for the merge!

And under the Vita one it says you get that one free :P

And would you say it's a good game? Worth it? I MAY get it- not sure yet.

The DLC is currently two free maps, taking the total to I believe five (or is it six?), as well as one free skin pack for characters and several cheap paid skin packs. They're also adding new game modes and maps soon, in addition to the usual 1v1/2v2/2v2 FFA (which is 2v2 but without the game's wave progression system).

DP wrote:The DLC is currently two free maps, taking the total to I believe five (or is it six?), as well as one free skin pack for characters and several cheap paid skin packs. They're also adding new game modes and maps soon, in addition to the usual 1v1/2v2/2v2 FFA (which is 2v2 but without the game's wave progression system).

It's really damn fun if you can get into it, that's for sure.

I may get it now xD

Look what I found under the vita game's description on the PS Store:

"Purchase of the PS Vita version of this game entitles you to the downloadable PS3™ versions of this game and Ratchet: Deadlocked™ at no extra cost. "

So I downloaded and played the first few levels of DLHD, and it's just as good as its ever been, barring a few minor issues:

The cutscenes' video feed skips for a split second every few seconds, jumping back a frame or two, which doesn't affect anything but is noticeable.

The cutscenes are also a bit grainier than you'd expect from an HD remake but that might just be me. (I think its the cutscenes, though, because the gameplay is really crisp.)

And lastly, and this is a personal issue, the control schemes are set up accurately to the original, but they don't work well with a PS3 controller IMO. I don't like holding L2/R2 to strafe when playing third person like I used to, because the L2/R2 buttons aren't the same and are weird to hold down for extended periods of time to me; because of this, I chose Lock/Strafe, which also has L1 to jump, something I don't like all that much either. I'll get used to it lol

Oh, wait, one more thing: The online servers don't work yet. I'm assuming that's because they haven't set up the servers, because I'm pretty sure its online was confirmed to work when they announced it.

If you search Ratchet, it'll be the last one down, but it'll cost $9.99 if you don't download it from Disc Benefits and go to the store from there. Then it'll bring you to FFA Vita, and if you hit download, DLHD pops up first in the queue.

Quick update: The Deadlocked HD servers are now up. However, instead of a 10 player cap like on PS2, for some reason Idol Minds changed it to 6 (likely because they again remade the netcode from scratch and couldn't get it to run with more than 6 players). All of the old secret skin codes also work online, as well.

It should be available through the disc benefits. Though I've also heard that Sony EU had to put it through later for some reason, so that might be why.

And there's also the off chance that they DID, in fact, allow EU customers to get DLHD free only if they played online in a limited window of time. I've heard conflicting reports about that so I can't really be sure whether that would matter.